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Making room for new facilities
Colby Farr cfarr@foghornnews.com @colby_farr Out with the old and in with the new. The English Building will be demolished in May after 50 years of service to make way for new and improved facilities. “It was time for those facilities to be upgraded,” said Claudia Jackson, executive director of strategic communication and government relations. The age of the building makes it harder for DMC to modernize it and provide “collaborative learning,” according to Jackson. “Some of those classrooms were so small, some of them were so old and it’s really hard to get the technology installed in some of…
Veterans share stories of their time in Vietnam
Brittany Claramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com @BritClaramunt The Vietnam War was the first war televised, with Americans able to watch battle footage daily. From then on we often see one side of war on our TVs. However, four Vietnam Veterans shared what it was really like to serve during a recent War and Remembrance panel discussion at Del Mar College. Being drafted into the war was hard, especially just graduating from high school. Many didn’t know what to expect during their training and entering the fields of Vietnam. However, after the war, many saw opportunity within the military as a career, which led…